<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://www.maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[All men carry about them that which is poyson to serpents: for if it be true that is reported, they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46869]]></link><description><![CDATA[All men carry about them that which is poyson to serpents: for if it be true that is reported, they will no better abide the touching with man's spittle than scalding water cast upon them: but if it happed to light within their chawes or mouth, especially if it come from a man that is fasting, it is present death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We believe at once in evil, we only believe in good upon reflection. Is this not sad? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10619]]></link><description><![CDATA[We believe at once in evil, we only believe in good upon reflection. Is this not sad?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire. [Fr., L'absence diminue ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/149]]></link><description><![CDATA[Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire. [Fr., L'absence diminue les mediocres passions et augmente les grandes, comme le vent eteint les bougies et allume le feu.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exceedingly well read. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55879]]></link><description><![CDATA[Exceedingly well read. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let those deplore their doom, Whose hope still grovels in this dark sojourn:  But lofty souls, who look beyond ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15375]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let those deplore their doom, Whose hope still grovels in this dark sojourn:  But lofty souls, who look beyond the tomb,   Can smile at Fate, and wonder how they mourn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52770]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Authority forgets a dying king, Laid widow'd of the power in his eye  That bow'd the will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3497]]></link><description><![CDATA[Authority forgets a dying king, Laid widow'd of the power in his eye  That bow'd the will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give fools their gold, and knaves their power; Let fortune's bubbles rise and fall; Who sows a field, or trains ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23894]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give fools their gold, and knaves their power; Let fortune's bubbles rise and fall; Who sows a field, or trains a flower, Or plants a tree, is more than all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature has placed his own happiness in each man's hands, if he only knew how to use it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48904]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature has placed his own happiness in each man's hands, if he only knew how to use it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The screech-owl, with ill-boding cry, Portends strange things, old women say;  Stops every fool that passes by,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45339]]></link><description><![CDATA[The screech-owl, with ill-boding cry, Portends strange things, old women say;  Stops every fool that passes by,   And frights the school-boy from his play.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's very quick and strong, a powerful defender who is also extremely comfortable on the ball. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35070]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's very quick and strong, a powerful defender who is also extremely comfortable on the ball.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lying is the most simple form of self-defence. -Susan Sontag. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59877]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lying is the most simple form of self-defence. -Susan Sontag.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is kind of a wake-up call to help people understand what's out there. I think consumers are increasingly aware ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39572]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is kind of a wake-up call to help people understand what's out there. I think consumers are increasingly aware of how vulnerable their data is in these databases.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44724]]></link><description><![CDATA[Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. -Mother Teresa. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45994]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. -Mother Teresa.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Although it is still early, we are beginning to notice a negative trend in our weekly revisit rates. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33080]]></link><description><![CDATA[Although it is still early, we are beginning to notice a negative trend in our weekly revisit rates.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5667]]></link><description><![CDATA[Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance. It is character which builds an existence out of circumstance. From the same materials one man builds palaces, another hovels; one warehouses, another villas; bricks and mortar are mortar and bricks until the architect can make them something else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Envy, to which th' ignoble mind's a slave, Is emulation in the learn'd or brave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14025]]></link><description><![CDATA[Envy, to which th' ignoble mind's a slave, Is emulation in the learn'd or brave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poverty was the greatest motivating factor in my life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65019]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poverty was the greatest motivating factor in my life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Charles, King & Martyr, 1649  The widest thing in the universe is not space, it is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7053]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Charles, King & Martyr, 1649  The widest thing in the universe is not space, it is the potential capacity of the human heart. Being made in the image of God, it is capable of almost unlimited extension in all directions. Christians should seek for inner enlargement till their outward dimension gives no hint of the vastness within.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["The prosecutor's theory on this case has taken more evolutions than Darwin," said one of Lisa Holland's two attorneys, Andrew ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29211]]></link><description><![CDATA["The prosecutor's theory on this case has taken more evolutions than Darwin," said one of Lisa Holland's two attorneys, Andrew Abood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As things stand, there is no consistent evidence that there is an increased risk of cancer associated with mobile phone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30797]]></link><description><![CDATA[As things stand, there is no consistent evidence that there is an increased risk of cancer associated with mobile phone use, but we need to recognise that the statistics are not enormous. The number of people who have had long-term use of phones (and cancer) is really small,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you can assume that your audience holds the same beliefs as you do, you can relax a little and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3468]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you can assume that your audience holds the same beliefs as you do, you can relax a little and use more normal means of talking to it; when you have to assume that it does not, then you have to make your vision apparent by shock, to the hard of hearing you shout, and for the almost-blind, you draw large and startling figures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have no reservations about the strength of this lineup and going out together. We're a very loyal culture. We're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41427]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have no reservations about the strength of this lineup and going out together. We're a very loyal culture. We're loyal to products and to artists.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible. -- Lord Kelvin, president, Royal Society, 1895. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15203]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible. -- Lord Kelvin, president, Royal Society, 1895.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To teach is to learn twice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58752]]></link><description><![CDATA[To teach is to learn twice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love her energy, and her business sense was impressive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37798]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love her energy, and her business sense was impressive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63400]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44343]]></link><description><![CDATA[I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guilt is abscent when the act is justified. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18457]]></link><description><![CDATA[Guilt is abscent when the act is justified.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[States are great engines moving slowly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17976]]></link><description><![CDATA[States are great engines moving slowly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12399]]></link><description><![CDATA[For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But these are foolish things to all the wise, And I love wisdom more than she loves me;  My ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61754]]></link><description><![CDATA[But these are foolish things to all the wise, And I love wisdom more than she loves me;  My tendency is to philosophise   On most things, from a tyrant to a tree;    But still the spouseless virgin Knowledge flies,     What are we? and whence come we? what shall be      Our ultimate existence? What's our present?       Are questions answerless, and yet incessant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not uncommon to see kids on the school bus reading books and doing homework on the bus. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29492]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not uncommon to see kids on the school bus reading books and doing homework on the bus.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speak low if you speak love. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act ii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55424]]></link><description><![CDATA[Speak low if you speak love. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act ii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A competitor will find a way to win. Competitors take bad breaks and use them to drive themselves just that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9213]]></link><description><![CDATA[A competitor will find a way to win. Competitors take bad breaks and use them to drive themselves just that much harder. Quitters take bad breaks and use them as reasons to give up. It's all a matter of pride.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What they're accustomed to is no great matter, But then, alas! they've read an awful deal.  [Ger., Zwar sind ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53012]]></link><description><![CDATA[What they're accustomed to is no great matter, But then, alas! they've read an awful deal.  [Ger., Zwar sind sie an das Beste nicht gewohnt,   Allein sie haben schrecklich viel gelesen.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[fervently denies any formal or informal charges by the FBI or the Department of Justice that he has in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28920]]></link><description><![CDATA[fervently denies any formal or informal charges by the FBI or the Department of Justice that he has in the past supported or currently is supporting terrorism and terrorist activity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1170  Come down, O Christ, and help me! reach Thy hand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1170  Come down, O Christ, and help me! reach Thy hand For I am drowning in a stormier sea Than Simon on the the lake of Galilee: The wine of life is spilt upon the sand, My heart is as some famine-murdered land Whence all good things have perished utterly, And well I know my soul in Hell must lie If I this night before God's throne must stand. "He sleeps perchance, or rideth to the chase, Like Baal, when his prophets holed that name From morn to noon on Carmel's smitten height." Nay, peace! I shall behold, before the night, The feet of brass, the robe more white than flame, The wounded hands, the weary human face.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heresies are experiments in man's unsatisfied search for truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19212]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heresies are experiments in man's unsatisfied search for truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arabs usually participate in fairs in Brazil, where we also make contacts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32657]]></link><description><![CDATA[Arabs usually participate in fairs in Brazil, where we also make contacts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Shape of Things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32732]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Shape of Things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The one who pursues revenge should dig two graves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21376]]></link><description><![CDATA[The one who pursues revenge should dig two graves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And what's romance? Usually, a nice little tale where you have everything As You Like It, where rain never wets ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2172]]></link><description><![CDATA[And what's romance? Usually, a nice little tale where you have everything As You Like It, where rain never wets your jacket and gnats never bite your nose and it's always daisy-time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can live for two months on a good compliment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48027]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can live for two months on a good compliment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lauren has been waiting to click. When she does, it's going to be pretty gnarly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34500]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lauren has been waiting to click. When she does, it's going to be pretty gnarly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We feel like we can play with anybody. Our chemistry is coming together real good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30606]]></link><description><![CDATA[We feel like we can play with anybody. Our chemistry is coming together real good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is no disgrace to start all over. It is usually an opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12527]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is no disgrace to start all over. It is usually an opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He gives lectures but no one hears about it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41152]]></link><description><![CDATA[He gives lectures but no one hears about it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all agree that your theory is crazy, but is it crazy enough? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59095]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all agree that your theory is crazy, but is it crazy enough?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59095</guid></item></channel></rss>